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Kansas AG joins 12 other AGs in coalition against EPA regulations

May 7, 2013 11:35 AM
By Bryan Cohen

TOPEKA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt joined 12 other state attorneys general Monday to ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency not to impose new oil-production regulations without consulting all affected states. Multiple northeastern states are trying to … Read More »

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Okla. AG files charges against medical clinic owner for Medicaid fraud

April 29, 2013 10:30 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) — Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt announced Friday his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has filed charges against a medical clinic owner. Deanna Williams, 49, owner of Fast Care Medical Clinics in Del City and Shawnee, … Read More »

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AGs call for broader exceptions to contraception mandate

April 4, 2013 10:40 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) — Thirteen state attorneys general are urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to adopt broader religious exceptions to its controversial contraception mandate. The mandate, which was imposed under the health care law signed … Read More »

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Okla. AG argues state’s regional haze case before Tenth Circuit

March 8, 2013 2:45 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

DENVER (Legal Newsline) — Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt this week argued the state’s regional haze case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, eight months after the court temporarily stopped the federal Environmental Protection Agency from … Read More »

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Legislation would help fund Okla. AG’s challenges to federal statutes

March 6, 2013 12:15 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) — The Oklahoma House of Representatives on Tuesday voted in favor of a bill that would allow taxpayer donations be made to a fund to help pay for the state attorney general’s challenges to federal statutes. … Read More »

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Report: Okla. AG ‘serious’ about cracking down on workers’ comp fraud

March 4, 2013 8:30 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) — Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said in an interview over the weekend that he is “serious” about workers’ compensation fraud, and he wants state businesses to know it. Pruitt told The Oklahoman on Sunday that … Read More »

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Bacharach confirmed to Tenth Circuit after waiting more than 250 days

February 26, 2013 11:20 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Judge Robert Bacharach to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Monday. Bacharach, who previously served as a U.S. magistrate judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western … Read More »

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Oklahoma AG challenges federal claims in health care lawsuit

January 29, 2013 10:52 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) — Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is challenging the federal government’s claim that the IRS should not follow provisions in the Affordable Care Act. “The administration miscalculated how many states would support this law, so now … Read More »

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